How To Install traceroute on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute in Fedora 36. traceroute is Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute on Fedora 36.

What is `traceroute`

The traceroute utility displays the route used by IP packets on their way to a specified network (or Internet) host. Traceroute displays the IP number and host name (if possible) of the machines along the route taken by the packets. Traceroute is used as a network debugging tool. If you’re having network connectivity problems, traceroute will show you where the trouble is coming from along the route. Install traceroute if you need a tool for diagnosing network connectivity problems.

We can use yum or dnf to install traceroute on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install traceroute.

Install traceroute on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install traceroute using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install traceroute

Install traceroute on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install traceroute using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install traceroute

How To Uninstall traceroute on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the traceroute package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove traceroute

traceroute Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/tcptraceroute
/usr/bin/traceroute
/usr/bin/traceroute6
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/ed149bebc13acc4a2175ca1861b41389ccd5f5
/usr/share/doc/traceroute
/usr/share/doc/traceroute/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/traceroute/README
/usr/share/doc/traceroute/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/traceroute
/usr/share/licenses/traceroute/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/tcptraceroute.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/traceroute.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/traceroute6.8.gz

References

traceroute website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install traceroute on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).